Radiation Physics for Nuclear Medicine

1. The Role of Radiation Physics in Nuclear Medicine
Marie Claire Cantone, Christoph Hoeschen

2. The Molecular Imaging Pathway to Biomedical Physics
Fridtjof Nüsslin

3. Mechanisms of the Interactions Between Radiation and Matter
Giuseppe Battistoni

4. Principles of Monte Carlo Calculations and Codes
Alberto Fassò, Alfredo Ferrari, Paola R. Sala

5. Sealed Radionuclide and X-Ray Sources in Nuclear Medicine
Sören Mattsson, Arne Skretting

6. Radiopharmaceutical Production
Uwe Holzwarth

7. Research and Development of New Radiopharmaceuticals
Gerhard Holl

8. Basic Principles of Detection of Ionizing Radiation Used in Medical Imaging
Andrej Studen, Marko Mikuž

9. Scintillators and Semiconductor Detectors
Ivan Veronese

10. New Trends in Detectors for Medical Imaging
Gabriela Llosá, Carlos Lacasta

11. The PET Magnifier Probe
Carlos Lacasta, Neal H. Clinthorne, Gabriela Llosá

12. Algorithms for Image Reconstruction
Christoph Hoeschen, Magdalena Rafecas, Timo Aspelmeier

13. Biokinetic Models for Radiopharmaceuticals
Augusto Giussani, Helena Uusijärvi

14. Voxel Phantoms for Internal Dosimetry
Maria Zankl, Helmut Schlattl, Nina Petoussi-Henss, Christoph Hoeschen

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Nuclear Medicine, Medical and Radiation Physics, Nuclear Chemistry